Minuum keyboard innovator Whirlscape nabs $500k in seed funding
Whirlscape Inc, developer of the Minuum keyboard and wearable typing methods for OEM device integration, has received $500,000 in seed-stage financing. The Toronto-based company's backers include Canadian venture capital firm BDC Venture Capital, U.S.-based FundersClub and Y Combinator, and a dozen angel investors. Whirlscape said it plans to use the new funds to advance innovation and consolidate the success of its Minuum technology, which was launched last year. Founded in 2012, Whirlscape has been supported by Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, the Creative Destruction Lab, and UTEST, the MaRS Innovation and University of Toronto accelerator program for early-stage technologies.
6 February 2014•3 mins read
